Just when fans believed that Real Madrid was going to build up on their El Clásico win, Los Blancos were not able to beat Betis on Sunday evening and surrendered their top spot in La Liga with eleven games to be played.
The Blaugrana side had previously taken over as leaders thanks to their 1-0 win against Real Sociedad, in a game in which some fans believed Lionel Messi should have sent off. Eventually, Messi had a massive hand in the end result by scoring one more goal in La Liga.
Lionel Messi has been directly involved in 31 goals this season for Barcelona in LaLiga:
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) March 7, 2020
22 games
19 goals
12 assists
Coming up clutch once again. pic.twitter.com/b2DI0U1dKa
Speaking about Real Madrid's woes, the man that could be held responsible for their loss is, surprisingly, Karim Benzema. Why? Have a look.
1 - Against Real Betis, Karim Benzema has made his first error leading to goal in 338 LaLiga games for Real Madrid. Mistake#BetisRealMadrid #RealBetis #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/UFJSio9GWJ
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 8, 2020
Pichichi race
All three top scorers in La Liga added one more goal to their tally, and even so, Messi is still five goals clear at the top of the charts. How many more will he add?
Leo Messi
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) March 9, 2020
@Benzema
@GerardMoreno9
@Roger27M
The race to be top goalscorer in #LaLigaSantander is heating up! pic.twitter.com/NzoHITAJTh
La Liga standings after Matchday 27
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) March 8, 2020
Real Madrid's loss means that @FCBarcelona end Matchday 27 as #LaLigaSantander leaders! pic.twitter.com/fQ6gS0gGBe
